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Arthur Quiller-Couch. The Delectable Duchy
The Delectable Duchy
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
THE SPINSTER'S MAYING
DAPHNIS
WHEN THE SAP ROSE
A FANTASIA
THE PAUPERS
I
II
CUCKOO VALLEY RAILWAY
THE CONSPIRACY ABOARD THE MIDAS
LEGENDS OF ST. PIRAN
I.—SAINT PIRAN AND THE MILLSTONE
II.—SAINT PIRAN AND THE VISITATION
_THE PRAYER OF ST. PIRAN
IN THE TRAIN
I.—PUNCH'S UNDERSTUDY
II.—A CORRECTED CONTEMPT
WOON GATE
FROM A COTTAGE IN GANTICK
I.—THE MOURNER'S HORSE
II.—SILHOUETTES
THE DRAWN BLIND
A GOLDEN WEDDING
SCHOOL FRIENDS
PARENTS AND CHILDREN
I.—THE FAMILY BIBLE
II.—BOANERGES
TWO MONUMENTS
MY DEAR YOUNG LADY—
"_ERECTED BY HIS DISCONSOLATE WIFE AND CHILDREN
EGG-STEALING
SEVEN-AN'-SIX
THE REGENT'S WAGER
LOVE OF NAOMI
I
II
III
IV
THE PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA'S POST-BAG
I.—AN INTERRUPTION:
II.—THE GREAT FIRE ON FREETHY'S QUAY
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Arthur Quiller-Couch
Published by Good Press, 2019
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You don't know; but, by the Lord, you shall hear, here where you'm
standin', an' shall jedge betwix' me an' that pale 'ooman up yonder.
